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[AAK]

The winners to the We are Tekken contest have been announced:

REMIXES:

GRAND PRIZE:

Mickael Coste from France with his thundering remix of “Piano Intro”

RUNNERS UP:

- Vitor Payno from Brazil “Piano Intro”
- Tom Puntman from the Netherlands “School”
- Mattias Häggström Gerdt from Sweden “School”
- Steven Thelin from Denmark “Tekstep Fountain”.

FAN ART

GRAND PRIZE:

Jean-Baptiste Nanteau from France “Jun”

RUNNERS UP:

- Larry Warren Jr. from the United States “Blood Feud”

- Poramed Chonrattanakun from Thailand “King of Iron Head”.

- Lucia Romero from Spain “The Beginning”

- Ricarda Schlomach from Germany “Furious Food Fight”

 

[Master Thespian]

France owned up the competition.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Nice choices, can't complain.

Though food fight wins for me definitely lol.

 

[SDBurton]

That Jun fanart is simply breathtaking. So happy that artist won.

 

[Degen]

i liked my picture better

 

[GrayFoxPL]

i liked my picture better

It was too excellent my friend.

 

[Pachimari]

Customizations, update from Tekken-Net:

Michelle got her own art:

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

That's not JayCee unmasked?

 

[SDBurton]

Pretty sure that last image is just Julia with her mask on and off. Though I would be delighted if I was wrong.

 

[Sayah]

What a bitch! I don't understand how anyone can like Nina aside from how high she usually is in the tiers.

Anna >>> Nina

All day, every day. But...

Indeed.

Look at all these Nina haters up in here.

Anna's virgin, who can't drive.

LOL

Also, really glad that Jun art won. Really really glad.
Edit: Just heard the Piano remix. SO sick.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

I need to learn parrying like a boss.

 

[devastatorprime]

Hell yeah super glad that Jun art won, well deserved.

 

[DEATH™]

You want to tag buffer it for that red damage !!!! Unrecoverable health!

That's why I love King's FC d/f+2~5, you can really make them hurt.

IMO it doesn't matter because of his iSW. iSW df+4, 3 always picks up for a rejuggle when the opponent does ANYTHING at all, except for tag crashing (which takes away red life, and even for that, he got backward JGS~hopknee to juggle them again). So, most of the time you want king to do the juggling, and being a king & ak player, I'll take king's juggles over ak's everytime...

I believe King is severely underrated in the tier list, even at B. AK's A tier just because of DU~5, but King's rejuggle opportunities and big damage potential should put him there too.

The winners to the We are Tekken contest have been announced:

FAN ART

GRAND PRIZE:

Jean-Baptiste Nanteau from France “Jun”

Happy for that guy...

You can look up his other stuff too...
http://eonforgery.deviantart.com/

I need to learn parrying like a boss.

I forgot how much frames does Jin's parry give... gotta look that up...

 

[MarkMan]

IMO it doesn't matter because of his iSW. iSW df+4, 3 always picks up for a rejuggle when the opponent does ANYTHING at all, except for tag crashing (which takes away red life, and even for that, he got backward JGS~hopknee to juggle them again). So, most of the time you want king to do the juggling, and being a king & ak player, I'll take king's juggles over ak's everytime...

I believe King is severely underrated in the tier list, even at B. AK's A tier just because of DU~5, but King's rejuggle opportunities and big damage potential should put him there too.

iSW ender with King? You can escape d/f+4 multiple ways. I think you're talking about post giant swing ender right?

 

[Flying Wonkey]

Huh glad that Jun art won it, I remember some folks complaining a bit earlier that the art wasn't getting enough votes and that everyone in the competition just got their friends to vote for their works. Riveting.

There are 30 more characters left.

lol, Harada must be getting these characters out like If they're were pancakes then.

Well can't wait for all 15 console characters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVaTMQY-bBE#t=6s

(Thanks goes to Tyxomm for the gif <3)

 

[AAK]

WWWWHAAA??

Confirmed

Kuni
Angel
Michelle
Ogre
Forest
P Jack
Tiger
Alex

7 Plausible Remaining - 2 Types

1st Type expected

1. Dr. B
2. Miharu
3. Violet?
4. Combot?
5. Unknown?

2nd Type unexpected

... probably some 3rd party guest characters?
Ryu & Ken from SF?
Naturo + Sakura from Naruto?
Tales characters?

I don't know what they have planned. Dammit, this is too much LOL

I need to learn parrying like a boss.

:O Source!? Man some of these things really look awesome. Reminds me of this Steve Fox show

 

[DEATH™]

@markman yes, the iSW combo ender. yeah I admit df+4, 3 can be escaped (by usually not standing) but it covers alot of situations (backroll, getup kick etc.). But even without that, you can get hit still by cd+1+2, or GT, ali kick, or even set you up for multis or unblockable. If you do raw tag, he got d+1+2, hopknee or SS 3+4 for open field, and f+4 or other wallsplats near the wall. What I'm saying is king's oki is too strong after iSW, and considering his strong damage juggles, the most safe choice people will prefer is just to tag crash. That's why IMO King doesn't need tag-buffered combos that much... unless you're fighting against solo players...

----------------

So, Clarens was right... darn...

 

[SDBurton]

I don't know what they have planned. Dammit, this is too much LOL

Seriously. I don't know what to expect at this point regarding the two-types and all that jazz.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Anywhere there's a bigger shot of that amazing Jun art.

It's already my cellphone wallpaper and my PC is feeling left out.

 

[Pachimari]

You guys forgot Combot. There's 6 reveals left instead of 5 then. Hopefully it's just Dr. B, Miharu, Violet, Unknown, Shin and Tougou. But Unknown is highly likely a DLC character after release.

That GIF of Steve and Jin is all kinds of awesome btw.

 

[AAK]

Anywhere there's a bigger shot of that amazing Jun art.

It's already my cellphone wallpaper and my PC is feeling left out.

Not necessarily higher quality, but has more of the body. From the deviant art page:

 

[Hours Left]

He's a doof with a shitty haircut and a fucked-up cape. If he was the star of a JRPG the jokes would go for decades.

I would pre-order that JRPG so hard my wallet would cry tears of blood.

 

[Pachimari]

Here's another gif of the character select:

EDIT:
Oh well, can't upload the gif but here's a pic of it:

I'm starting to think Devil could be one of the slots, even though there's already Kazuya Devil.

1 - Combot
2 - Forest Law
3 - Doctor Boskonovitch
4 - Ancient Ogre
5 - Kunimitsu
6 - Miharu
7 - Tougou
8 - Unknown
9 - Devil
10 - Shin
11 - Angel
12 - Michelle
13 - Prototype Jack
14 - Alex
15 - Tiger

I pretty much agree with this from Tekken Nation. Though, I would swap Gun-Jack for Violet. I would actually swap Unknown for somebody else, as I think she'll be a DLC character after release.

I don't understand why people aren't counting Combot as one of the 15 exclusives.
Maybe cause there's 8 slots to the left and 7 to the right but I really think Combot is one of the 15 already.

 

[AAK]

I don't understand why people aren't counting Combot as one of the 15 exclusives.
Maybe cause there's 8 slots to the left and 7 to the right but I really think Combot is one of the 15 already.

WWWWHAAA??

Confirmed

Kuni
Angel
Michelle
Ogre
Forest
P Jack
Tiger
Alex

7 Plausible Remaining - 2 Types

1st Type expected

1. Dr. B
2. Miharu
3. Violet?
4. Combot?
5. Unknown?

2nd Type unexpected

... probably some 3rd party guest characters?
Ryu & Ken from SF?
Naturo + Sakura from Naruto?
Tales characters?

I included Combot in my prediction... BUT Harada already revealed that the combat you customize in fight lab mode will only be playable in non ranked matches, hence I'm not sure if it'll get a dedicated slot or not.

As for Shin and Tougou, they are within the realm of possibility. The way Harada is describing it however, makes it seem like people coming from that 2nd type aren't even from the Tekken universe just like Gon from T3.

 

[DEATH™]

I'm starting to consider Ryu, Chun-li and Cammy to come now...

Anything can happen...

 

[BHK3]

Hakan for TTT2, it's the only thing that can blow me away at this point.

 

[AAK]

Hakan for TTT2, it's the only thing that can blow me away at this point.

Ohhhhhh I wish. Sadly, I doubt Namco is going to bother with him judging by his popularity

 

[Pachimari]

I included Combot in my prediction... BUT Harada already revealed that the combat you customize in fight lab mode will only be playable in non ranked matches, hence I'm not sure if it'll get a dedicated slot or not.

As for Shin and Tougou, they are within the realm of possibility. The way Harada is describing it however, makes it seem like people coming from that 2nd type aren't even from the Tekken universe just like Gon from T3.

It's not so much you, I were reflecting those at Tekken Nation.

Hmm, I think I wanna try go Jin Kazama again, I'm in love with his parrying.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

What if there's a Soul Calibur 5 character to act as a bit of cross promotion? Speaking of cross... an SF character to act as practice to tide people over could work too.

 

[MarkMan]

@markman yes, the iSW combo ender. yeah I admit df+4, 3 can be escaped (by usually not standing) but it covers alot of situations (backroll, getup kick etc.). But even without that, you can get hit still by cd+1+2, or GT, ali kick, or even set you up for multis or unblockable. If you do raw tag, he got d+1+2, hopknee or SS 3+4 for open field, and f+4 or other wallsplats near the wall. What I'm saying is king's oki is too strong after iSW, and considering his strong damage juggles, the most safe choice people will prefer is just to tag crash. That's why IMO King doesn't need tag-buffered combos that much... unless you're fighting against solo players...

I know the options/setups. I play this game a lot/follow it. I just don't think the iSW ender is that good. Ground throw isn't really a viable option as you aren't at as much an advantage as post air giant swing.

Rolling to the side will not refloat vs d/f+4,3. I'll do some testing for you and let you know the stuff. But I'm fairly positive that a lot of what you mentioned above is not a locked down mixup that you can react to.

---

Speaking of which. I want to start getting an archive of match videos up. Hopefully I can record some this weekend.

 

[kamikazekoala]

What if there's a Soul Calibur 5 character to act as a bit of cross promotion? Speaking of cross... an SF character to act as practice to tide people over could work too.

Please no. Keep that to TekkenxStreetFighter...

 

[Master Thespian]

What if there's a Soul Calibur 5 character to act as a bit of cross promotion?

Every Tekken and SoulCalibur has a cross promotion character.

Yoshimitsu.

 

[atomic moth]

Ohhhhhh I wish. Sadly, I doubt Namco is going to bother with him judging by his popularity

I can't believe Ganryu is so low. They've put a lot of work into his personality and moves since T2 and I think he's one of the most interesting characters to play. Maybe I'll start playing him more seriously now.

And also, I don't think there was a time when I picked regular Mokujin over Tetsujin in TTT1. That's a shame he's so low as well.

 

[toastyToast]

Woo, got a new stick on the way

Never really played Tekken on one so it'll be interesting

 

[Degen]

Ohhhhhh I wish. Sadly, I doubt Namco is going to bother with him judging by his popularity

Well he's a unique character but he's not very excitiWHY IS T. HAWK ALMOST LAST

 

[LowParry]

Woo, got a new stick on the way

Never really played Tekken on one so it'll be interesting

It's a different beast compared to controller play. I prefer the arcade stick over the controller but be sure you put in a lot of play time with it. First couple months you'll probably struggle with simple motions such as circle forward motions or even dragon punch motions. Not to mention most arcade sticks out now are square gates which is perfect for Tekken. Just put in the work and over time, everything will come natural.

 

[Dereck]

an SF character

No thanks.

 

[toastyToast]

It's a different beast compared to controller play. I prefer the arcade stick over the controller so be sure you put in a lot of play time with it. First couple months you'll probably struggle with simple motions such as circle forward motions or even dragon punch motions. Not to mention most arcade sticks out now are square gates which is perfect for Tekken.

Oh, this isn't going to be my first experience with one :lol

I can play everything but Tekken on a stick, I'm absolute trash at arcades compared to on a console with a pad where I'm somewhat competent. Since the game doesn't really use motions and instead has straight-up directional inputs it messes me up. Find it much much easier on a dualshock where I can just sit my thumb wherever I need it. It might even be a 3D fighter thing in general

 

[LowParry]

If I have to play on a dualshock, I have zero thumb use. I gotta use those buttons like I'm using an arcade stick. It still baffles me when I see someone play like that. And people do it so well.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

:O Source!? Man some of these things really look awesome. Reminds me of this Steve Fox show

End of this vid.

But there's separate awesome parry combo video.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Please no. Keep that to TekkenxStreetFighter...

DOA5 is doing it and that isn't a cross game. Expect it.

Every Tekken and SoulCalibur has a cross promotion character.

Yoshimitsu.

Well besides the obvious. I'm thinking someone like Natsu... Or maybe Kuni gets some of her customization.

No thanks.

Expect it!

 

[AAK]

I've been listening to so many submissions for the remix contest and so many are so good I lost track of who made what.

BUT This remix of Night Falls made me say WOW:

http://soundcloud.com/klmmusic/takuinoue-nightfallsending-remix

... beautiful

 

[GrayFoxPL]

I've been listening to so many submissions for the remix contest and so many are so good I lost track of who made what.

BUT This remix of Night Falls made me say WOW:

http://soundcloud.com/klmmusic/takuinoue-nightfallsending-remix

... beautiful

Amazing.

 

[Dereck]

DOA5 is doing it and that isn't a cross game.

What does this have to do with Tekken?

 

[SDBurton]

Ohhhhhh I wish. Sadly, I doubt Namco is going to bother with him judging by his popularity

Always brings a smile to my face when I see Jun chilling at the #2 spot.

Spoiler

Screw you Lili for snatching her #1! *shakes fist*

 

[LowParry]

Strange to see Ling in the top ten in popularity yet I rarely see her played. Huh.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Strange to see Ling in the top ten in popularity yet I rarely see her played. Huh.

Schoolgirl. End of story.

Played few super high level Lings on psn. Few.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

What does this have to do with Tekken?

EXPECTIT!!

I'm kidding. Thought the "expect its" were a giveaway. Obviously it has nothing to do with Tekken but if they wanted to test it, I can see them doing that. Probably won't but it isn't that far-fetched.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

EXPECTIT!!

I'm kidding. Thought the "expect its" were a giveaway. Obviously it has nothing to do with Tekken but if they wanted to test it, I can see them doing that. Probably won't but it isn't that far-fetched.

Quoting myself from May 1st.

Makes me wonder if they'll go early to promote TxSF by adding SF outfits to Tag2 console or even one SF character for test run.

Naah...

If they went and said: "Let's put our alpha ver. Ryu in there but only in single player modes. Let people test him out and we note their opinions."


..then it wouldn't be so stupid.

Free hype, free test runs.

Yup, I'd expect it. (but I'm having mixed feelings on the idea).

 

[kamikazekoala]

DOA5 is doing it and that isn't a cross game. Expect it.

But I don't care about DOA5, I only care about TTT2.

DOA5 can have a street fighter character, doesn't affect me, cause I'm not interested in that game.